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Campus

'General Excellence' among Universe's most recent journalism awards

June 15, 2018 12:00 AM
The Daily Universe claimed 17 journalism awards in the Utah Society of Professional Journalists' Headliners contest and 10 journalism awards in the National Newspaper Association’s 2018 Better Newspaper Contest this week, including first place for General Excellence.
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Local

BYU students talk online Mormon 'meet' market

By Jessica Olsen
April 24, 2017 12:00 AM
Risa Fly and Benji Williams try the online dating app, Mutual, for a week. (Jessica Olsen)
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Local

Study shows LGBT BYU students at higher risk for depression, suicide

By Jessica Olsen
January 20, 2017 12:00 AM
Jacob Dunford, who works for Provo's first LGBT resource center Encircle, looks out the Encircle home window at the Provo City Center Temple. (Jessica Olsen)
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Campus

Biology professor wanders through madness, fiction, science

By Jessica Olsen
January 16, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU professor Steve Peck spoke at BYU's annual Summerhays lecture in Fall 2016. His presentation 'Evolving Faith' was about his love of science and evolution mixed with faithfulness in the gospel. (Alyssa Lyman)
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Technology

BYU student organization shares significance of a dot on a map

By Jessica Olsen
November 30, 2016 12:00 AM
Clockwise from bottom left: Think Spatial president Roman Huerta and members Jeffrey Stark, Cassie Howe and Ryan Shields. Think Spatial is a BYU student organization advised by Brandon Plewe that creates maps and other spatial graphics for publications. (Jessica Olsen)
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Nation

NASA flight surgeon researches effects of space travel on human body

By Jessica Olsen
November 11, 2016 12:00 AM
Astronaut Reid Wiseman, on left, and flight surgeon Blake Chamberlain prepare to fly to Stennis Space Center in the T-38 in September 2016. Chamberlain flies with astronauts to see them in an operational environment and experience being part of the crew. (Blake Chamberlain)
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Local

BYU chemistry professor trains police on critical thinking

By Jessica Olsen
November 08, 2016 12:00 AM
An undercover Provo Police officer protectively wields his weapon and crouches in a virtual scenario involving an armed, hostile man sitting in a truck. BYU professor Brian Woodfield plans to expand his training to include the VIRTRA 300 training system police use to prepare for real-life situations. (Jessica Olsen)
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Sports

Reel Rock Film Festival inspires climbers to have own adventures

November 08, 2016 12:00 AM
Utah Valley rock climbers and climbing enthusiasts gather at a UVU auditorium on Oct. 31, 2016, to watch Reel Rock Film Festival's 11th annual rock climbing films. Utah Valley has hosted the event every year in part because of the location's unique climbing scene. (Jessica Olsen)
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Nation

Vine popularity declines among BYU community as app closes

By Jessica Olsen
November 03, 2016 12:00 AM
Vine announced it will be closing its services in upcoming months. Few BYU-affiliated accounts have posted since 2015. (Vine)
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Blog

First person: I jumped out of a plane — and this is why

By Jessica Olsen
November 01, 2016 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This first-person story documents what Daily Universe reporter Jessica Olsen learned about conquering fear by skydiving.
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Local

Provo museum showcases haunted items

By Jessica Olsen
October 20, 2016 12:00 AM
Co-curators Anca Tutescu and Greene Rollins stand in the Museum of Haunted and Mysterious Objects with a haunted artifact, stuffed chimpanzee 'Jacko,' Rollins' childhood toy. (Jessica Olsen)
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Local

'Instagram, Instagram, make me a match'

By Jessica Olsen
October 04, 2016 12:00 AM
'Provo Bachelor' Isaiah Balter stands with a rose, mimicking the popular 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette' franchise. (Julie Sulz)
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Life

Missionaries set goals, use My Plan before coming home

By Jessica Olsen
September 30, 2016 12:00 AM
Jake Hunter studies while serving in the Canada Montreal Mission. During the last six weeks of his mission, Hunter used a new program called My Plan which was created to help missionaries set goals and prepare for post-mission life. (Jake Hunter)
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Campus

BYU study finds inversion, rainy days have no effect on emotional distress

By Jessica Olsen
September 28, 2016 12:00 AM
An individual looks out into the water at Utah Lake. BYU professors found no statistically significant effect of cloudy days on emotional distress, but they did find that sun time plays a role in a person's emotional state. (Jessica Olsen)
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Books

LDS authors, publishers gather at conference

By Jessica Olsen
September 27, 2016 12:00 AM
The LDSPPA, Latter-day Saint Publishing Professionals Association, meets for the second annual conference held in the BYU Conference Center in Provo, Utah, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (Jay Drowns)
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Business

BYU alum launches dreams with own publishing company

By Jessica Olsen
September 22, 2016 12:00 AM
Authors Cameron Dayton, Christie Golden and Adam Sidwell pose with their books at the September 2016 Comic Con in Salt Lake City. (Future House Publishing Facebook)
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Theater

Premiere of 'America Nine-Eleven' musical pays tribute to first responders

By Jessica Olsen
September 13, 2016 12:00 AM
Actor Dallyn Bayles sings a duet with actress Rebecca Lopez at the premiere of 'America Nine-Eleven' musical. The two played a couple who were expecting a child. In the musical, Lopez's character soon after dies on Flight 93, the hijacked plane that crashed in a Pennsylvania field on 9/11. (Ryan Turner)
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Music

Covey Center musical honors 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

By Jessica Olsen
September 08, 2016 12:00 AM
The American Freedom Festival's 'America Nine-Eleven Musical' this Friday will honor the first responders who died in the 9/11 attacks 15 years ago. (Carl Bacon)
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